I applied the first three, thanks! Samuel
jbra...@dismail.de, le jeu. 30 mai 2024 13:29:45 -0400, a ecrit: > * hurd/terrible-mdns-responder.mdwn: new file > * contributing.mdwn: added a link to the mdns-responder. > * hurd/documentation.mdwn: added a link to the mdns-responder. > * hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn: added a link to the > mdns-responder. > --- > contributing.mdwn | 3 ++ > hurd/documentation.mdwn | 2 + > hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn | 5 +++ > hurd/terrible-mdns-responder.mdwn | 52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 4 files changed, 62 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 hurd/terrible-mdns-responder.mdwn > > diff --git a/contributing.mdwn b/contributing.mdwn > index dbd5af55..dca336ca 100644 > --- a/contributing.mdwn > +++ b/contributing.mdwn > @@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ After you have a Hurd vm set up and running: > * `git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/gnumach.git` > * `git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/incubator.git` > * You can connect through ssh with `ssh root@localhost -p 2222` > + Optionally if you connect to the Hurd running on another local > + machine, then you might want to set up the > + [[hurd/terrible-mdns-responder]]. > * Get more from the [repo list](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/hurd/). > * Read the docs on these pages. > * Start hacking. > diff --git a/hurd/documentation.mdwn b/hurd/documentation.mdwn > index 0d9bed65..5b60ecf5 100644 > --- a/hurd/documentation.mdwn > +++ b/hurd/documentation.mdwn > @@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ is included in the section entitled > # Development > > * [[RPC]]: our usage of *Remote Procedure Call*s. > + * To get `ssh <hostname>.local` working, you can set up the > + [[hurd/terrible-mdns-responder]]. > * *[[The_GNU_Hurd_Reference_Manual|reference_manual]]*. > * [[*The Hurd Hacking Guide|Hurd_Hacking_Guide]]*, an introduction to > GNU Hurd and Mach > programming by Wolfgang Jährling. > diff --git a/hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn > b/hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn > index 927d05f1..4c7d924a 100644 > --- a/hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn > +++ b/hurd/running/debian/after_install.mdwn > @@ -15,3 +15,8 @@ you. See [[GRUB]]'s page for this. > > Installing packages without having a network connection is described > [[DebianAptOffline]]. > + > +# Setting up mDNS responder > + > +To get `ssh <hostname>.local` working, you can set up the > +[[hurd/terrible-mdns-responder]]. > diff --git a/hurd/terrible-mdns-responder.mdwn > b/hurd/terrible-mdns-responder.mdwn > new file mode 100644 > index 00000000..08e6de75 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/hurd/terrible-mdns-responder.mdwn > @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ > +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2024 Free Software Foundation, > +Inc."]] > + > +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable > +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify > this > +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 > or > +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no > Invariant > +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the > license > +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation > +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] > + > +[[!tag open_issue_hurd]] > + > +# What is the terrible mDNS responder? > + > +Suppose you have the Hurd running on a another machine in your local > +network. `ssh <IP-ADDRESS>` is not guarenteed to work, because your > +router will occassionally change the IP address of your Hurd machine. > +That's kind of annoying! Luckily, Sergey wrote the terrible-mDNS > +responder, so that `ssh <hostname>.local` just works! How cool is > +that!? > + > +To be very clear, this does *not* teach the system to do mDNS queries > +(.local hostname lookups). The terrible-mDNS-responder only responds > +to other host's queries. (Those other hosts may be running Avahi or > +sd-rd or Apple's mDNSResponder or LookupServer or ...) > + > +The sources are over on > +[[GitHub|https://github.com/bugaevc/terrible-mdns-responder]]. There > +are no dependencies other than a libc. It's built with Meson and > +licensed under AGPL v3+. It even comes with an awkward attempt at a > +sysv init script! What's not to like? > + > +# How to use it on Debian GNU/Hurd? > + > + $ git clone g...@github.com:bugaevc/terrible-mdns-responder.git > + $ cd terrible-mdns-responder > + $ meson setup build # you may need to apt install meson > + $ ninja -C build > + $ sudo ninja install -C build > + $ sudo update-rc.d terrible-mdns-responder defaults > + $ sudo update-rc.d avahi-daemon disable > + $ sudo service terrible-mdns-responder start > + > +# FAQ Why not use avahi? > + > +Debian GNU/Hurd comes with Avahi in the default install (I believe). > +Avahi has never worked for me (on the Hurd), and I doubt it has ever > +worked for anyone else either. I *have* looked into the why (as in > +spent hours debugging and patching it); I don't remember the > +specifics, but I do remember that I concluded it won't be easy to make > +it work. So, a dead end. > -- > 2.45.1 > > -- Samuel --- Pour une évaluation indépendante, transparente et rigoureuse ! Je soutiens la Commission d'Évaluation de l'Inria.
